Year 8 English
REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
Visual Examples
Poetry | 883.1 HOM
- Odyssey / Homer
- Female characters – Penelope, Circe, Sirens, Calypso
- The Illiad / Homer
- Other characters – Medusa, Athena
Print Resources
This is a small selection of print resources recommended by your Teacher Librarians. They contain information about the historical and social background of women in Ancient Greek society as well as drawing on examples from art and literature of the period.
You can locate these books using the shelf Call No indicated.
You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue.
eBook
Bensinger, H. (2014). Ancient Greek daily life. AccessIt Database.
305.40901
Macdonald, F. (1999). Women in ancient Greece. Belitha Press.
305.40901
Middleton, H. (2002). Ancient Greek women. Heinemann Library.
“Greek writers and artists had strong views on the differences between the sexes, and on the different roles they had to play” (p7). In this book you will be able to read about the role of women in Ancient Greek society and find examples of how women were represented in literature and art. Contains references and quotes from plays and poetry.
938
Morgan, K. (2015). Discovering ancient Greece. Britannica Educational Publishing.
920.72
Guthridge, I. (1996). Great women in history and art. (pp. 33 – 49). Medici School.
This book contains an excellent chapter on women of Greece and Rome, referring to significant characters from Greek mythology, plays and how these characters continue to appear all throughout Western art and literature.
306.872
Yalom, M. (2001). A history of the wife (pp16-18). Rivers Oram.
This extract provides a good discussion on Penelope, from Homer’s The Odyssey, who characterises the ideal wife.
883.01
McCaughrean, G., Ambrus, V., & Homer (1997). The Odyssey. London : Puffin Books.
An easy to read adaptation of The Odyssey.
eResources
Websites
Here are some websites that your Teacher Librarians have evaluated for your use. If you search the free internet yourself be sure to evaluate the website. Refer to Thinking Critically about Web Information.
Note: Be mindful that much of what is on the free internet for this topic is content created by students and you don’t know what marks they received. It is best to use websites that come from an authoritative source.
Use your keywords in the search field on this website.
Videos
Alkestis [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 1, 2016, from http://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2015/03/18/women-birth-democracy-classical-athens/